lilly ##w ##hit ##e in the final months of recording the joshua tree . drummer larry mu ##llen , jr . later said of the song , " it took so long to get that song right , it was difficult for us to make any sense of it . it only became a truly great song through playing live . on the record , musically , it ' s not half the song it is live . " = = composition = = " where the streets have no name " is played at a tempo of 126 beats per minute . the introduction and out ##ro are played in a 3 / 4 time signature , while the remainder of the song is in a common
lillywhite in the final months of recording the joshua tree. drummer larry mullen, jr. later said of the song, " it took so long to get that song right, it was difficult for us to make any sense of it. it only became a truly great song through playing live. on the record, musically, it's not half the song it is live. " = = composition = = " where the streets have no name " is played at a tempo of 126 beats per minute. the introduction and outro are played in a 3 / 4 time signature, while the remainder of the song is in a common